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[InCommon NOTICE] A recommendation when updating Shibboleth IdP


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  • Subject: [InCommon NOTICE] A recommendation when updating Shibboleth IdP
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:20:12 -0600
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Hello,

Some InCommon Service Providers have recently encountered issues with
those upgrading their Shibboleth IdP deployments but not preserving the
salt value used to generate SAML persistent nameID/eduPersonTargetedID
values. When you upgrade Shibboleth IdP, there is a salt value that is
used in the generation of these identifiers that _must_ be copied over
to your new installation. Not doing this will cause Service Providers
which rely on these forms of identifiers to see your users as a totally
different set of identities. One easy way to avoid this problem is to
choose an in-place upgrade option for Shibboleth IdP. More information
may be found at:
https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/IDP30/Upgrading

Thank you,

Nick Roy
Director of Technology and Strategy, InCommon




  • [InCommon NOTICE] A recommendation when updating Shibboleth IdP, Nick Roy, 07/14/2017

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